title: Right coronary sinus of valsalva aneurysm with rupture into the right ventricle.
abstract: We report a case of right coronary sinus of Valsalva aneurysm (SVA) with rupture into the right ventricle in a 23-year-old man. The problem was successfully managed with surgical closure of both ruptured SVA and the ventricular defect with cardiopulmonary bypass through median sternotomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Heart Centre, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: Farhad
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bakhtiary
authors.forename: Amjad Bani
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Hani
authors.forename: Friedrich Wilhelm
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Mohr
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kostelka
keywords: aneurysm of sinus of Valsalva; aorticoventricular tunnel; intracardiac shunt